Ian Birrell

Why are the German authorities so reluctant to believe in neo-Nazi attacks?

When two fascist skinheads were seen fleeing from the murders of several Turkish shopkeepers in Nuremberg, the police continued to blame the ‘Turkish mafia’

Neo-Nazi demonstrators at a May Day parade in Germany in 2017. [Getty Images]
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